primitivism noun3 •The state or quality of being primitive. •Any of a group of related styles in the arts, influenced by a belief in the superiority of primitive forms.Exuberant in its primitivism, High Kicks has a joyous, slightly naive spark that sometimes evokes the sort of tuneful messes to which Calvin Johnson's name is often attached. — 2009 •The opinion that life was better or more moral among primitive peoples, or among children, and has deteriorated with civilization. formsprimitivisms
